Bali, Indonesia: The First International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Data Communication (ICCIDC 2025) concluded successfully at the Holiday Inn Resort Baruna Bali, Indonesia, bringing together a global community of scholars, researchers, and professionals to exchange cutting-edge ideas in Artificial Intelligence, Data Communication, and emerging technologies. Hosted in collaboration with the Bangalore Integrated Management Academy (BIMA), Bangalore, India, Politeknik Negeri Bali, Indonesia; Institut Desain dan Bisnis Bali, Indonesia; Poornima University, Jaipur, India; IcfaiTech, The ICFAI University, Jaipur, India; Department of Computer Science Engineering, Brainware University, Kolkata, India; and VPM’s Maharshi Parshuram College of Engineering, Velneshwar, Maharashtra, India. ICCIDC 2025 received over 650 paper submissions. Following a rigorous multi-stage peer-review process, 176 papers were accepted for presentation, achieving a competitive acceptance rate of 26%. Each submission underwent a minimum of two reviews, with several receiving up to six evaluations—underscoring the event’s commitment to research quality and academic integrity.
Distinguished Guests and Keynotes
The event was graced by eminent guests including Dr. M. Tanveer (Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Indore, India), Dr. Neetesh Kumar (Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roorkee), Dr. I. Wayan Budi Sentana (Politeknik Negeri Bali, Indonesia), Prof. Srinivas N and Dr. Roshan Zameer Ahmed (BIMA, Bangalore, India), and Dr. Tanweer (Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal) and Dr. Prabhat Dixit, Manipal University, Jaipur, India.
Keynote addresses were delivered by Dr. Bal S. Virde (London Metropolitan University, UK), Dr. M. Tanveer (IIT Indore), and Dr. Neetesh Kumar (IIT Roorkee), Dr. G Subramanya Nayak (MIT, Manipal, Karnataka, India), Dr. Rajesh Kumar Tiwari (RVS College of Engg &Technology, Jharkhand, Inda) and Dr. Ram Kumar Solanki (MIT ADT University, Pune, India), along with several renowned industry experts from India and abroad, who shared insights on AI-driven innovation, data-driven systems, and scalable communication architectures.
Technical Highlights and Research Excellence
The conference featured thematic sessions on Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Cybersecurity, Wireless Communication, and Data Networks, enabling cross-disciplinary knowledge sharing and research collaboration.
ISRLA 2025 Awards Ceremony
In conjunction with the conference, the International SciVate Research Leadership Awards (ISRLA 2025) were presented on October 10, 2025, at Bali. The awards recognized distinguished researchers, innovators, and technologists for their outstanding contributions to science, engineering, and technology leadership across multiple disciplines.
The award categories and their recipients are listed below:
● AI & Machine Learning Excellence Award:
Mr. Arun Kumar Elengovan, Director of Engineering Security, Okta Inc., San Francisco, USA, and
Mr. Rohit Nimmala, Global Risk Analytics, Bank of America, Charlotte, NC, USA.
● Excellence in Information Technology Award:
Mr. Utham Kumar Anugula Sethupathy, Product Engineering, VISA Inc., USA, and
Mr. Deepak Kole, Technical Staff, eBay Inc., San Jose, California, USA.
● IT Visionary Leadership Award:
Mr. Arun Kumar Elengovan, Director of Engineering Security, Okta Inc., San Francisco, USA, and
Mr. Girish Gajwani, Vice President – Technology, Barclays Capital, New York, USA.
● Best IT Infrastructure Architect Award:
Mr. Milan Parikh, Business Intelligence, Cytel, Richmond, Texas, USA, and
Mr. Nandagopal Seshagiri, Senior Software Architect, Okta Inc., San Francisco, USA.
● Cybersecurity Excellence Award:
Mr. Rakesh Keshava, Security Engineering, Okta Inc., San Francisco, USA.
● Data Science and Analytics Champion Award:
Mr. Milan Parikh, Business Intelligence, Cytel, Richmond, Texas, USA.
● Cloud Computing Innovator Award:
Mr. Vinay Rajmal Soni, LinkedIn Feed, LinkedIn, USA;
Mr. Isan Sahoo, Principal Member of Technical Staff, Oracle, Santa Clara, California, USA; and
Mr. Pavan Nutalapati, Senior Technical Leader, Oracle, USA.
● Women in Tech Excellence Award:
Ms. Madhushree Kumari, Information Technology, VISA Inc., Atlanta, USA.
● Young Researcher Award:
Mr. Vishnu Ramineni, Senior Staff Software Engineer, Albertsons Companies, USA.
● Best Researcher and Best Innovation Award:
Mr. Sharath Chandra Macha, Independent Researcher, Texas, USA.
(Awardees’ photos are presented below.)
